SYNONYMY NOTE: blasphemy, the strongest of the following terms, is used esp. of any remark deliberately mocking
or contemptuous of God; , profanity extends the concept to irreverent remarks referring to any person or thing regarded
as sacred; , blaspheme, curse verb transitive, in this connection, both refer to the utterance of profane oaths and imprecations,
the latter, esp., to the calling down of evil upon someone or something

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The charge of blasphemy seemspuzzling at first sight. The Times Literary Supplement (2012)His blasphemy charge was read to the crowd and the condemned man was asked if he had anything to say. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Only when it was over did the rioters realise that the court had succeeded brilliantly in making religion and blasphemy the subject, not Putin. Times, Sunday Times (2014)The last blasphemy case was brought 30 years ago and it would appear as though the Establishment of this country has moved a long way since then. Times, Sunday Times (2008)

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